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The majority of Florida in-ground irrigation systems have some type of maintenance problem that could be causing excessive water use. Inspections should be done on a regular basis. This factsheet describes the five residential irrigation problems that represented half of the problems found in 3,416 audits by Urban Mobile Irrigation Labs in Florida. This 7-page fact sheet was written by Thomas R. Olmsted and Michael D. Dukes and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, January 2011.
AE472/AE472: Frequency of Residential Irrigation Maintenance Problems (ufl.edu)
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Dukes, M.D., and D.Z. Haman (2008, December). Operation of residential irrigation controllers. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences EDIS Document AE220. Retrieved June 1, 2010 from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae220
Dukes, M.D., M. L. Shedd, and S. L. Davis (2009, February). Smart irrigation controllers: operation of evapotranspiration-based controllers. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences EDIS Document AE446). Retrieved June 1, 2010 from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae446
Dukes, M.D., M. Shedd, and B. Cardenas-Lailhacar (2009, February). Smart irrigation controllers: how do soil moisture sensor (SMS) irrigation controllers work? Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences EDIS Document AE437. Retrieved June 1, 2010 from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae437
Dukes, M.D. (2009, February). Smart irrigation controllers: What makes an irrigation controller smart? Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences EDIS Document AE442. Retrieved June 1, 2010 from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae442
Haley, M.B., M.D. Dukes, S. Davis, M. Shedd, and B. Cardenas-Lailhacar (2008, June). Energy efficient homes: the irrigation system. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences EDIS Document FY1043. Retrieved June 1, 2010 from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1043
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McCready, M.S., M. D. Dukes, and K. Migliaccio (2009, October). Basic repairs and maintenance for home landscape irrigation systems. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences EDIS Document AE451. Retrieved June 1, 2010 from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae451
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